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Item Details
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THE GARDENS OF PORTUGAL
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| By: |
Helena Attlee, John Ferro Sims (Photos) |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| List price:
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£30.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0711226938 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780711226937 |
| Publisher: |
FRANCES LINCOLN PUBLISHERS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
2 June, 2008 |
| Pages: |
176 |
| Description: |
The gardens of Portugal are among the most cosmopolitan in the world, bringing together ideas from East and West in a style that is flamboyant, exotic, and distinctly Portuguese. This book describes some twenty-eight of these gardens. |
| Synopsis: |
The gardens of Portugal are among the most cosmopolitan in the world. The product of Portugal's long seafaring history, they bring together ideas from East and West in a style that is, in both design and planting, confident, flamboyant, exotic, and distinctly Portuguese. In the golden age of Portuguese exploration the glazed tiles and distinctive water tanks of the Moorish style were combined with the open loggias and box parterres of the Italian Renaissance, and gardens were decorated with statues and reliefs of dolphins, sea horses, anchors and other maritime motifs. From China, Japan, Africa, Australia and the Americas, Portugal's seafarers brought new seeds and plants such as camellias and rhododendrons that flourished in the mild climate. This book describes some twenty-eight gardens, stunningly photographed by John Ferro Sims. |
| Illustrations: |
150 colour photographs |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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